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CANADIAN ALMANAC
The Canadian Almanac, and Repository of Useful Knowledge, for the Year 1877, being the first after leap year. Containing full and authentic commercial, statistical, astronomical, departmental, ecclesiastical, educational, financial, and General Information. The astronomical calculations have been made expressly for the publication at the Magnetic Observatory in Toronto. Thirtieth Year of Publication.
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.:
Toronto. Copp, Clarke & Co. N.d. [1876].,
22cm, 176p. including ads, index, brown blind stamp cloth, gilt title on upper cover, fine. (N1)
$100.00 Book Number: 30519 Order / Enquire

CANADIAN ALMANAC
The Canadian Almanac, and Repository of Useful Knowledge, for the Year 1879, being the third after leap year. Containing full and authentic commercial, statistical, astronomical, departmental, ecclesiastical, educational, financial, and General Information. The astronomical calculations have been made expressly for this publication at the Magnetic Observatory in Toronto. Thirty-Second Year of Publication.
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.:
Toronto. Copp, Clark & Co. N.d. [1878].,
22cm, 164p. including ads, brown blind stamp cloth, gilt title on upper cover, spine endings chipped, very good. (n1) An interesting association copy signed by Augustine Laperriere (1829-1903), senior French clerk in the Library of Parliament, Ottawa. Post offices are listed (pp60-90).
$85.00 Book Number: 30520 Order / Enquire

CANADIAN ALMANAC . For 1886.
The Canadian Almanac, and Repository of Useful Knowledge, being the second after Leap Year. Containing full and authentic commercial, statistical, astronomical, departmental, ecclesiastical, educational, financial, and General Information. Thirty-Sixth Year of Publication.
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.:
Toronto. Copp, Clark & Co. N.d. [1887].,
21.5cm, 172p., ads, wanting map, title-page torn, printed orange wraps, shaken, as is. (n1) Contents include a 3-page article on the North-West Rebellion of 1885 and a 9-page Canadian Militia List to October, 1885.
$20.00 Book Number: 30522 Order / Enquire

CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION]. PERIODICAL.
The Chautauqua Quarterly. Physical Education Edition. April, 1914. [Vol. XIV. No. 2].
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.:
Chautauqua, New York. Chautauqua Institution. 1914.,
12mo, 19cm, 35p., with 9 photos, printed stapled wraps, some edge-wear, light soiling, very good (ds1). ~ An outline of courses for the Chautauqua School of Physical Education in 1914 : gymnastics, playground management, aquatics, outdoor games, anatomy, athletics. kinesiology, teaching methods, fencing and folk-dancing. Also included is a list of faculty and instructors with a table of tuition fees. Published on the fortieth anniversary of the Chautauqua Institution, 1874 -1914.
$25.00 Book Number: 32962 Order / Enquire

CLARK, A.L.
The First Fifty Years. A History of the Science Faculty at Queen's University, 1893-1943.
Kingston. Hanson & Edgar, Printers. nd. [1943/44?].,
8vo. 22cm, 132p., plus plates and illustrations, original printed stiff card wraps, interior damp stain on the top margin, otherwise very good (N3)
$17.50 Book Number: 15243 Order / Enquire

COLBURN, Warren
Arithmetic Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction Being a Sequel to Intel
Boston. Hilliard, Gray & Co. 1834.,
18cm, 245p., contemporary signatures, original full leather with gilt spinetitles, wear along spine and edges, a very good sound copy (N3)
$12.25 Book Number: 18559 Order / Enquire

DALLAS, Angus
Appeal on the Common School Law; Its Incongruity and Maladministration. Setting Forth the Necessity of a Minister of Public Instruction, Responsible to Parliament. To His Excellency Sir Edmund Walker Head, Bart., Governor General of Canada, &c., &c.
Toronto. Printed and Published at the Office of the "Catholic Citizen," corner of Street and Exchange Alley. 1858.,
8vo. 21.6cm, 32p., printed wraps, some wear to cover edges, very good to fine copy, rare (N14) Angus Dallas (c.1802-1886), was a Toronto merchant who wrote two pamphlets on education. He attacks the school system arguing "it was imported from Massachusetts and was designed for a Republican and Unitarian community.". This was denied by the Department of Education.
$105.00 Book Number: 13906 Order / Enquire

Department of Education
Arctic cotton, Labrador tea and other northern aphrodisiacs.
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.:
Np. Government of the Northwest Territories. 1974.,
36cm,322p., hundreds of illustrations (many from photographs), orange paper wraps, a few small stains, a very good copy (ads)
$22.50 Book Number: 20816 Order / Enquire

DODDS, Ernest H.
The History of Education in Dufferin County, 1834-1983.
Tenafly, New Jersey, U.S.A.:
N.p. Privately printed. 1983.,
4to. 28.5cm, x,166p., many illustrations, gilt titles, pebbled blue cloth, inscribed by author, fine in fine jacket (s4.8) This book covers the progress of education in the Province of Ontario and the County of Dufferin since its foundation by Rev. Dr. Edgerton Ryerson.
$35.00 Book Number: 8522 Order / Enquire